The Best of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells I II & III

A Manchester concert drawing on the Tubular Bells albums by Mike Oldfield, the instrumental series begun in 1973, staged at Bridgewater Hall.

Mike Oldfield, an English multi-instrumentalist, released Tubular Bells in 1973 as the first album on the Virgin label. Built from layered guitars, keyboards and percussion across two sides, the instrumental piece became a landmark of progressive rock, and its use in the film The Exorcist brought it a wider audience. Vivian Stanshall's spoken introduction of the instruments is one of its best-known features. Oldfield later recorded Tubular Bells II in 1992 and Tubular Bells III in 1998.

This concert, billed as Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells Live in Concert, presents a selection of music from the three Tubular Bells albums, with the series as its focus rather than new material.

Bridgewater Hall is a concert and performance venue at Lower Mosley Street in Manchester. The night suits anyone who knows the Tubular Bells albums or wants to hear selections from the series performed in a concert hall.